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Ice Skate Guernsey sponsor to offset ice rink carbon emissions
December 7th, 2012 by Ice Skate Guernsey
Carbon reduction projects in Malaysia, India and China will be used to offset the carbon footprint of the Ice Skate Guernsey rink, which will operate in Market Square, St Peter Port from 10 December 2012 to 7 January 2013. The approach is being taken by Roebuck Trading, an alternative energy and carbon trading company, which [...]
OECD report looks at ways to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation
November 27th, 2012 by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Worldwide, 62 billion tons of natural resources – minerals, wood, metals, fossil and biomass fuels, and construction material – are extracted. On average, that’s almost 10 tons for every person on the earth. Of that, about one fifth ends up as waste and must be reused, recycled or disposed of in a way that is [...]
Designing and building a house with minimal environmental impact
May 4th, 2012 by Richard Lord
Villa Asserbo was constructed in Asserbo about 60 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Frederik Agdrup and Nicholas Bjørndal of the Danish architectual firm eentileen.dk wished to reduce the environmental impact of building construction by relying on local building materials. They worked to design and build a house with minimal carbon emissions, and to use only [...]
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by what we eat
February 15th, 2012 by Lancaster University
The UK could considerably reduce its carbon footprint if more of us switched to a vegetarian diet, according to new research by Lancaster University. The report ‘Relative greenhouse gas impacts of realistic dietary choices’ published in the journal Energy Policy says that if everyone in the UK swapped their current eating habits for a vegetarian [...]
Growing list of European airports addressing their carbon footprint
February 1st, 2012 by Airports Council International
With the inclusion of the airline industry into the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme from 1 January 2012, ACI EUROPE has released an update on its flagship climate change initiative, Airport Carbon Accreditation, detailing the progress made by airports in lowering their own CO2 emissions. As of the 31 January 2012, some 55 airports in Europe [...]
The International Dairy Federation launches common carbon footprint methodology for global dairy sector
November 5th, 2010 by International Dairy Federation
All sectors are being challenged to quantify and reduce their carbon footprints, or emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and businesses in agriculture and food production are no exception. As part of the dairy sector’s action agenda on climate change, the IDF has now published ‘A Common Carbon Footprint Approach for Dairy – The IDF Guide [...]
Guernsey Electricity Ltd. adopts vehicle of the future
August 4th, 2010 by Guernsey Electricity Ltd.
Guernsey Electricity has taken another step to reduce its carbon footprint by adding a new electric van to its fleet of service vehicles. A new Citroën Nemo van, which has been converted to electric drive by Guernsey based firm the Electric Vehicles Company, is being trialled at Guernsey Electricity. The vehicle runs on a 15kW [...]
Sustainable Guernsey Homes
July 9th, 2010 by Vanessa
Our Homes Carbon Footprint The UK Climate Change Act 2008 set greenhouse emission reduction targets ‘of at least 80% by 2050’ and ‘at least 34% by 2020’ based on a 1990 baseline. It is anticipated that Guernsey will follow suit and adopt similar targets to join the global response to Climate Change. Currently over a [...]
Food Security
January 17th, 2008 by Rosie
Not so long ago, 100 years at most, communities knew that it was prudent to have enough food stored away to last until the next harvest. Today this sensible practise has been abandoned for the modern ‘just-in-time’ food economy where we see the shelves in our shops replenished hourly from the daily shipments that arrive [...]
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